Frederick N. Zeytoonjian has been re-elected as an independent trustee of Newton real estate investment trust Senior Housing Properties Trust, receiving 96.9 percent of all shares voted.

Shareholders approved, with 97 percent of all the shares voted, a nonbinding advisory resolution approving the compensation paid to the company’s named executive officers.

Regarding the proposal required by the Dodd-Frank Law and applicable SEC rules to be presented by shareholders on named executive officers’ compensation, the recommendation for such a vote every year received votes of 59 percent of outstanding shares; the recommendation for such a vote every two years received votes of 1.4 percent of outstanding shares; the recommendation for such a vote every three years received 16.3 percent of outstanding shares; and the balance of outstanding shares abstained or did not vote.

Shareholders approved, with 99.2 percent of all shares voted, the ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as SNH’s independent registered public accounting firm.